If you do want to compete, you can do it locally against up to three other players on the same TV, or take things online to challenge the wider community. If you want to play with a friend but don’t want to compete, there is co-op, allowing you to share the games’ stories with a partner, either online or through split-screen play. You can go through the campaigns by yourself. The Master Chief Collection package includes multiple Halo games, with more still being added, all of which have been updated to keep them enjoyable for modern audiences.īut what’s so striking about the collection is how many ways there are to play.
The Xbox brand might never have taken off without the Halo series, the first-person shooters that helped to popularize local competitive multiplayer on consoles before taking the party online after the launch of Xbox Live.